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GitLab is a bundled OAuth2 provider in authsome. Project and repository access on GitLab.com and self-hosted GitLab instances.

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At a glance

Provider namegitlab
Display nameGitLab
Auth typeOAuth2
Default flowpkce, PKCE browser flow
PKCE supportedYes
Device code supportedNo
DCR supportedNo
Default scopesapi, read_user, profile, email, read_repository, write_repository
Proxy hostgitlab.com
Env var (access_token)GITLAB_ACCESS_TOKEN
Env var (refresh_token)GITLAB_REFRESH_TOKEN

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Prerequisites

You need to register an OAuth app with GitLab once. Create an application under your GitLab user settings (or group / instance admin for self-hosted), set the redirect URI to authsome’s callback, and copy the application ID and secret. The redirect URI must be: 
http://127.0.0.1:7998/auth/callback/oauth
This is the only callback URL authsome’s PKCE flow listens on. Dashboard: https://gitlab.com/-/user_settings/applications.

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Log in

uvx authsome login gitlab
The first time, authsome opens a local form at http://127.0.0.1:7998 to collect your client_id and client_secret. They are encrypted under your profile and reused on every subsequent login. A second browser window then opens to https://gitlab.com/oauth/authorize for the authorization step. Verify: 
uvx authsome get gitlab --field status
# → connected

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Custom scopes

The bundled definition requests api, read_user, profile, email, read_repository, write_repository. Override at login time: 
uvx authsome login gitlab --scopes "<comma-separated>"
The granted scopes are stored on the connection and visible in uvx authsome get gitlab.

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Self-hosted instances

For self-hosted GitLab, pass the base URL: 
uvx authsome login gitlab --base-url https://gitlab.acme.com
The base URL is saved on the connection and reused for every token refresh.

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Multiple accounts

Pass --connection <name> on login and on every read command to keep two or more accounts on the same provider side by side. See Multiple connections per provider for the full pattern. 
uvx authsome login gitlab --connection personal
uvx authsome login gitlab --connection work

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Use the token

Run the agent under the proxy. The library tab is for embedding authsome inside a larger Python orchestrator. 
uvx authsome run -- python my_agent.py
Under the proxy, authsome sets GITLAB_ACCESS_TOKEN=authsome-proxy-managed in the child’s environment and injects the real token into outbound requests to gitlab.com. The child process never sees the actual value. Refresh tokens are never exported.

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Override the bundled definition

uvx authsome inspect gitlab > ~/.authsome/providers/gitlab.json
# edit scopes, base_url, or anything else
uvx authsome list   # source now shows "custom" for gitlab
User-registered files always win over bundled definitions. See Provider schema.

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What’s next

Run agents with the proxy

Inject the access token into outbound requests without exposing it.

Multiple connections per provider

Keep two or more accounts on the same provider side by side.

Provider schema

Every field in a provider definition.

OAuth providers

All bundled OAuth providers.